steg
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
- Rhymes: -ɛɡ
Etymology 1Edit
Shortening of steganography.
VerbEdit
steg (third-person singular simple present stegs, present participle stegging, simple past and past participle stegged)
- (transitive, informal) To conceal (data) by means of steganography.
- 1994, "Virtual Bob", Crypto Maniac (on Internet newsgroup comp.sys.mac.programmer)
- Stego rasterizes the image, then stegs data into the least significant bit (or LSB) of each of the RGB color values.
- 2002, "the Pull", getting started (on Internet newsgroup alt.fan.cult-dead-cow)
- Another project being worked on is stegging banned religious books from every language and putting them on the web.
- 2004, David Clarke, Technology and terrorism:
- It has become an article of faith that bin Laden and his associates routinely communicate through stegged messages posted on pornographic Web sites.
- 2008, "Steve Walker", Sick evil perverted pedos now helping terrorists. (on Internet newsgroup uk.legal)
- Sounds like nonsense to me - if you're going to pass stegged files there's plenty of anonymous dropfile sites, no need to use CP facilities which are likely to be subject to extra law enforcement, surveillance and site takedowns etc.
- 1994, "Virtual Bob", Crypto Maniac (on Internet newsgroup comp.sys.mac.programmer)
Etymology 2Edit
From Middle English steg, from Old Norse steggr, a word for the male of several animals, from Proto-Germanic *staggijaz. Compare stag.
Alternative formsEdit
NounEdit
steg (plural stegs)
- (obsolete) A gander.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for steg in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
AnagramsEdit
DanishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old Norse steik f (“roast”), from Proto-Germanic *staikō. Related to the verb *stikaną (“to stick”). English steak is borrowed from Old Norse.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
steg c (singular definite stegen, plural indefinite stege)
- joint (a cut of meat)
- roast (a cut of meat suited to roasting)
- roast meat, roast dinner
- (slang) attractive person
InflectionEdit
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “steg” in Den Danske Ordbog
Etymology 2Edit
See the etymology of the main entry.
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
steg
Etymology 3Edit
See the etymology of the main entry.
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
steg
- imperative of stege
Middle EnglishEdit
NounEdit
steg
- Alternative form of stagge
Norwegian BokmålEdit
NounEdit
steg n (definite singular steget, indefinite plural steg, definite plural stega or stegene)
SynonymsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “steg” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
VerbEdit
steg
Alternative formsEdit
Norwegian NynorskEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
steg n (definite singular steget, indefinite plural steg, definite plural stega)
SynonymsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “steg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
SwedishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Audio (file)
NounEdit
steg n
- a step (pace)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of steg | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | steg | steget | steg | stegen |
Genitive | stegs | stegets | stegs | stegens |
See alsoEdit
VerbEdit
steg
- past tense of stiga.
AnagramsEdit
WestrobothnianEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
steg n (definite steje)
- Step.